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Author: Michael
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: format thumbdrive.
That worked but why was the permission wrong?

On Wed, Dec 19, 2018 at 2:34 AM Dhruva Lokegaonkar <>
wrote:

> There's a good chance your drive is dead. But try changing the
> permissions. It might just be that you don't "own" the drive.
>
> Check the ownership info using `ls -la`
> If the owner is root, change it to your user with
> `sudo chown youruser:youruser /path/to/drivemount -R`
>
>
> On 12/19/18 8:52 AM, Michael wrote:
> > nevermind.... I just didn't wait long enough.
> >
> > but this time I get a different error:
> >
> > $ cp ~/Desktop/* /media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a
> > cp: cannot create regular file
> >
> '/media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a/google-chrome.desktop':
> > Permission denied
> > cp: cannot create regular file
> > '/media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a/Link to 2017.kmy':
> > Permission denied
> > cp: cannot create regular file
> > '/media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a/Link to
> > Contacted.ods': Permission denied
> > cp: cannot create regular file
> > '/media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a/Link to
> > Earnings2018.ods': Permission denied
> > cp: cannot create regular file
> > '/media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a/Link to
> > Earnings2019.ods': Permission denied
> > cp: cannot create regular file
> > '/media/bmike1/009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a/Link to Workflow':
> > Permission denied
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 10:14 PM Michael <
> > <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     I remembered what the command is: mkfs
> >     But I enter the command and:
> >     $ sudo mkfs -text4 /dev/sdc
> >     mke2fs 1.42.13 (17-May-2015)
> >     Creating filesystem with 15436800 4k blocks and 3866624 inodes
> >     Filesystem UUID: 009598a2-cbbe-4970-abd0-f75f3c4de28a
> >     Superblock backups stored on blocks:
> >     32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632,
> 2654208,
> >     4096000, 7962624, 11239424

> >
> >     Allocating group tables: done
> >     Writing inode tables: done
> >     Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
> >     Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information:

> >
> >     and it just sits there as if it is waiting for a variable.
> >     What should I do?

> >
> >     On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 8:57 AM Michael <
> >     <mailto:bmike1@gmail.com>> wrote:

> >
> >         I left click on it (why didn't I think of that) and format it
> >         but it does not allow me to copy to it. I then tried with tty
> >         and it says 'permission denied'. Another thing, it does not take
> >         the label I assign to it.

> >
> >         On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 2:37 AM Jim <
> >         <mailto:jim.nantz15@comcast.net>> wrote:

> >
> >             My mistake. I meant lower right.  Any idea why that wouldn't
> >             work for Mike?

> >
> >             On 12/18/18 12:36 AM, Jim wrote:

> >>
> >>             I have KDE on this dinosaur and I have no trouble
> >>             formatting them.  i plug it in, then wait for the window
> >>             that pops up in the lower left telling me my options.  I
> >>             don't mount it.  I open Gparted or the KDE disk utility
> >>             and format it.  If that doesn't work for Michael, I would
> >>             wonder if something's wrong with his system.

> >>
> >>             On 12/17/18 10:50 PM, Dhruva Lokegaonkar wrote:
> >>>             If you're on Gnome (latest Ubuntu/ Fedora) then you can use
> >>>             gnome-disk-utility. (It's probably just called "Disks" on
> your computer.)

> >>>
> >>>             Click on the thumb drive on the left menu, then click on
> the partition
> >>>             on the right side. (I'm guessing there's only one). Make
> sure its
> >>>             highlighted. Then Press Control+Shift+F.

> >>>
> >>>             Give it a name in "Volume Name"
> >>>             Make sure Erase is turned off. (Erase will do a in-depth
> wipe, which
> >>>             takes very long)
> >>>             Then select "For use with all systems and devices (FAT)"
> and click next.
> >>>              (I've attached a screenshot)

> >>>
> >>>             I'm guessing the rest is self explanatory. I don't have a
> pen drive
> >>>             handy and I don't want to format my drive haha.

> >>>
> >>>             If you want to do this from the Command line
> >>>             Use `lsblk` to list all your connected drives and check
> which drive you
> >>>             want to format. Then check again. and again to make sure.
> >>>             Then copy the device path. (Something like /dev/sdb1) and
> execute
> >>>             `sudo mkfs.fat -F 32 /dev/sdb1`
> >>>             change sdb1 to whatever your drive is.
> >>>             Make sure its the right drive though.

> >>>
> >>>             On 12/18/18 8:07 AM, Michael wrote:
> >>>>             I thought I would be able to do it without help but I
> guess I was wrong.
> >>>>             I got a thumbdrive that I want to format. gparted will
> not do it. Anyone
> >>>>             able to help?

> >>>>
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